CN2199994Y - Automatic double-arm type scutcher - Google Patents

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CN2199994Y
CN2199994Y CN 94208944 CN94208944U CN2199994Y CN 2199994 Y CN2199994 Y CN 2199994Y CN 94208944 CN94208944 CN 94208944 CN 94208944 U CN94208944 U CN 94208944U CN 2199994 Y CN2199994 Y CN 2199994Y
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The utility model relates to an automatic double-arm type plucker. Both sides of a main machine which can move on a guide rail are respectively provided with a lifting device and a cotton delivering device to cause two cotton plucking arms to respectively and independently act or simultaneously act to achieve the function that the pluck can carry out double cotton plucking operation in small space.

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Automatic double-arm type scutcher
The utility model relates to a kind of automatic both arms type griping cotton machine, relative two grab the cotton device of two suctions that cotton arm is provided with in its mat main frame, and pass main frame bottom send cotton rail two ends to be provided with to send cotton device, grabbing cotton arm for two is able to independent or operation simultaneously, grasp raw material of different nature, fast convenient, improve whole output relatively.
Handling before the at present general spinning, is must be with cotton raw material through grasping system, suck in the system of mixed cotton or spinning mix, the action of scutching cotton or opener.Wherein, grab the operation procedure that cotton is a pre-treatment, cotton raw material be grabbed operation in the system.Wherein, this system of grabbing cotton only has one group mostly and grabs cotton structure, be located at the place that cotton raw material is deposited, the volume of cotton raw material itself is very huge, and the volume of griping cotton machine structure is also very huge, can't be provided with simultaneously for many group griping cotton machine structures in limited parking space, this one only grabs the form that the cotton knot structure is provided with for one group, has following disappearance to exist in fact.Such as:
1. output is restricted: one group grab the cotton knot structure only one group of tool grab cotton inlet, its suction is grabbed cotton ability and is restricted naturally, can't cooperate actual needs and increases output.
2. for cotton limited flexibility system: once only grab the cotton knot structure by this group and grasp for a kind of cotton raw material, if when having two or more cotton raw materials to supply simultaneously, though can different cotton raw materials be set simultaneously in grabbing on the cotton path, for grabbing the cotton knot structure in one stroke, can grab in regular turn and suck different cotton raw materials, only grabbing of each cotton raw material inhaled one period great time difference of formation, causes the difficulty on the whole mixed cotton, makes to be subjected to great restriction for cotton program.
3. can't send different cotton raw materials simultaneously: a cover is grabbed the setting of cotton knot structure, because it is general as previously mentioned, only can be for a kind of demand of cotton raw material, so only can cooperate the system of one group of post processor to use, can't supply being used of two groups of above after-treatment systems simultaneously, the flexibility of its use and convenience are subjected to great restriction naturally.
4. mixed cotton is difficult to evenly: if when grasping with a kind of cotton raw material, general cotton raw material in be stacked on grab cotton knot structure below after, its cotton Material Characteristics, itself have a little expansion effect, make that the density on upper strata is loose, and lower floor presents phenomenon comparatively closely because of the pressure that is subjected to the upper strata, integral body presents the tight Density Distribution of Panasonic, grab the cotton knot structure when grabbing cotton and entering blending box in the after-treatment system, though this blending box has certain capacity, be about about 300 to 500 kilograms, the cotton raw material that thought sucks earlier still is comparatively lax form and promptly is sent the blending box processing, can't treat that the cotton raw material of lower floor enters mixed cotton, can't reach the overall uniform purpose, so the one group is grabbed cotton structure Design, be difficult to reach the purpose of even mixed cotton in fact.
Main purpose of the present utility model is: a kind of double-arm cotton device of grabbing automatically is provided, cooperate the whole system that cotton can be grabbed simultaneously and carry respectively, make double-arm structure of the present utility model, be able to independent or operation simultaneously, reach aforementioned high efficiency operation form.
The purpose of this utility model is achieved through the following technical solutions, a kind of automatic both arms type griping cotton machine, it is to establish at the main frame that is slidedly arranged on guide rail to grab cotton arm, wherein, establish two on the main frame and grab cotton arm, establish two groups of separate lowering or hoisting gears and inhale cotton device and grab cotton arm relatively, the main frame bottom strides across one and send cotton rail, be communicated with the cotton device of two suctions respectively, and at the bottom of machine, establish the relative unidirectional mouth of leading, respectively inhale the cotton raw material that cotton device is sent to pick, and sending cotton rail end respectively to establish to send cotton device, respectively inhale the cotton raw material that cotton device is sent relatively to carry.
In aforesaid automatic both arms type griping cotton machine, the main frame bottom cooperates relative guide sliding part, the main frame both sides are grabbed the end outside that cotton arm stretches into main frame and are established guide wheel, main frame is established the slide rail of depression for guide wheel rolling place, and described lowering or hoisting gear drives the elevating chain of two groups of vertical lifts through chain and interlock group with motor.
In aforesaid automatic both arms type griping cotton machine, grabbing cotton arm establishes one group with respect to cotton raw material bottom and grabs cotton hired roughneck, grabbing cotton hired roughneck top is the cotton chamber of suction that a side direction is tiltedly stretched, inhaling cotton chamber stretches to the main frame direction and establishes one and go out cotton outlet, main frame relative two is grabbed the cotton device of suction that two groups of independently workings are respectively established in cotton arm exit, inhale cotton device and be and between two groups of elevating chains, establish upright and to grabbing the cotton road of going into of cotton arm opening, inhale the outlet of cotton chamber and go into the opening in cotton road over against this, its top, belt wheel is respectively established in the bottom, for reelability the confining zone winding, confining zone closes the openend into cotton road, and passes for export; Go into cotton road top side and connect to other and establish one and go into cotton pipe, go into termination one air blast in addition of cotton pipe, this air blast tangentially connects establishes a defeated cotton pipe, this defeated cotton pipe and through hole joint that send cotton rail to be communicated with.
In aforesaid automatic both arms type griping cotton machine, main frame sets up two groups of unidirectional mouths of leading separately at the bottom of this send the open-topped machine of cotton rail relatively, export cotton raw material to sending cotton rail two ends, send cotton rail two ends respectively to establish relative idle pulley and for the motor driving wheel driven, two-wheeled can supply a flexual confining zone winding, and this confining zone covers the top open part that send cotton rail, and walks around two-wheeled by the below of sending cotton rail, its both ends are respectively with the opposed end of bolting in main frame, and do not block through hole.
In aforesaid automatic both arms type griping cotton machine, send the cotton device that send that cotton rail two ends places sidewall picks out, its cotton suction duct is the termination air blast in addition, and air blast is tangentially established cotton-feeding pipe.
The utlity model has following advantage:
1. high efficiency action: can grasp two kinds of cotton raw materials of different nature simultaneously; or grasp the cotton raw material of the same kind of twice simultaneously; it is 1500 kilograms that about each hour can be grabbed cotton maximum; more can be under two groups of complete non-stop-machine states of adapting device of grabbing cotton arm and being correlated with; and the zone that will send cotton rail both sides to bank up cotton raw material respectively is divided into A, B two districts; make two groups to grab cotton arm can grab cotton in the A district after; enter operation in the B district again; make the A district can in time replenish cotton raw material; the operating efficiency of integral body can be improved, form a high efficiency function mode.
2. space utilization ten minutes is efficient: main frame of the present utility model directly cooperates two groups to grab cotton arm action, make main frame in back and forth a stroke space, can become to grab cotton operation for twice, and the main frame both sides all can supplement cotton and grab cotton operation very efficient in the overall space utilization.
3. operability is good: can control two groups respectively and grab the independent lifting moving of cotton arm, each grabs the height of cotton arm relatively the independent adjustment of the different height of the cotton raw material in visual main frame both sides, the highest can be to 1600mm.And main frame can slidably reciprocate with suitable speed along guide rail, but the certain and suitable running of the control of matching computer formula, and the only difference of the visual operation program of this formula and changing, and non-emphasis of the present utility model place is not so repeat them here.
4. the visual factory building size design of main frame stroke: the size in the visual factory building of the length of its guide rail place, and do the design of different length, with realistic needs.
5. use the flexibility height: though because the utility model two is grabbed cotton arm by inhaling cotton to sending cotton system to be located in the main frame together, only be to become the form of independent running separately, so it inhales the cotton cotton raw material that can suck similar and different character respectively, send through sending cotton device, and this cotton-feeding pipe that send cotton device is to be connected in the same system, or in two cover systems, all visual different actual needs, and do different utilizations, its flexibility height very.
6. inhale cotton uniformity height: when inhaling cotton at the cotton raw material of single kind, also can two groups grab cotton arm simultaneously for it, and make it as shown in Figure 2, one grab cotton arm grasp in, the tighter cotton raw material of lower floor's density, another grabs the cotton raw material that cotton arm can grasp, middle level density is loose, enter simultaneously in the same blending box, so the cotton raw material of being sent by blending box promptly can uniform form be sent.
Further specify architectural feature of the present utility model and purpose below in conjunction with accompanying drawing.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of the present utility model.
Fig. 2 is a partly generalized section of forward sight of the present utility model.
Fig. 3 is a partly generalized section of side-looking of the present utility model.
Fig. 4 is the partly generalized section of overlooking of the present utility model.
See also Fig. 1, Fig. 2, shown in Figure 3, the utility model mainly is to be provided with to grab cotton arm 30 on the main frame 20 that vertically moves along guide rail, wherein, but the main frame both sides are provided with two of self contained function respectively and grab cotton arm 30 and cooperate this two independent structure for conveying of grabbing cotton arm 30, form a double-arm automatic plucker structure.
Main frame 20 inside are grabbed cotton arm 30 with respect to two and are respectively established independently lowering or hoisting gear 40 and inhale cotton device 50, cooperation is sent cotton rail 60 by what main frame 20 bottom center places were passed, and the cotton device 70 that gives that gives cotton rail 60 two ends, form the pipeline of the cotton raw materials 80 of two groups of separate conveyings.
Please cooperate shown in Figure 4ly again, guide rail 10 is general I-shaped metal track bar body, be fixed on the ground, and main frame 20 bottoms cooperates relative guide sliding part 21, and main frame 20 can be slided on guide rail 10.Main frame 20 both sides are grabbed the end outside that cotton arm 30 stretches into main frame 20 and are established guide wheel 31, and main frame 20 is established the slide rail 22 of depression for guide wheels 31 rollings place, makes to grab cotton arm 30 upper and lower the moving in main frame 20 sides really.The lowering or hoisting gear 40 of grabbing cotton arm 30 in the main frame 20 relatively mainly is to have for motor 41 to drive two groups of vertical elevating chains 44 through chain 42 and interlock group 43, elevating chain 44 engages with grabbing cotton arm 30 opposing end faces, makes via the drive of elevating chain 44 and will grab cotton arm 30 upper and lower the moving in the both sides of main frame 20 really.
Establish one group with respect to the bottom of cotton raw material 80 and grab cotton hired roughneck 32 grabbing cotton arm 30, along with the cotton degree of depth of eating after setting, make grab cotton arm 30 to be displaced downwardly to the contact cotton raw material 80 eat the cotton degree of depth after, promptly can grab cotton hired roughneck 32 cotton raw material 80 is given opener, and the cotton raw material behind this opener is grabbed in the cotton arm 30 with the air-flow suction.The top of grabbing cotton hired roughneck 32 is the cotton chamber 33 of the side direction suction of tiltedly stretching, and cotton raw material 80 is inhaled into thus, inhales cotton chamber 33 and stretches to main frame 20 directions and establish one and go out cotton outlet 330, and cotton raw material 80 can enter main frame 20 inside thus.Main frame 20 relative these outlets 330 are established and are inhaled cotton device 50, inhale cotton device 50 and be and establish upright and to grabbing the cotton road 51 of going into of cotton arm 30 openings 44 of two groups of elevating chains, inhale the outlet 330 of cotton chamber 33 and go into the opening in cotton road 51 over against this, go into cotton road 51 and be one to the hollow square pipeline of grabbing 30 one-tenth single face openings of cotton arm, and respectively establish belt wheel 52 in top, bottom, for reelability confining zone 53 windings, make confining zone 53 can close openend into cotton road 51, and 330 pass for export, make the cotton pipe of going into into cotton road 51 and 53 formation of confining zone, one sealing.And this confining zone 53 can be with the lifting moving of grabbing cotton arm 30 be driven by outlet 330, makes into cotton road 51 only to keep for export the 330 semiclosed forms of sending into cotton raw material 80.Establish one and go into cotton pipe 54 and connect to other in the top side of going into cotton road 51, go into termination one air blast 55 in addition of cotton pipe 54, this air blast 55 tangentially connects establishes a defeated cotton pipe 56, it and through hole 57 joints that send cotton rail 60 to be communicated with.The negative pressure that mat air blast 60 produces, make cotton raw material 80 can be successfully through grabbing cotton hired roughneck 32, inhale cotton chamber 33, go into cotton road 51, going into cotton pipe 54 and enter and send in the cotton rail 60 through air blast 55, defeated cotton pipe 56, through hole 57.
Sending cotton rail 60 is opening H shape track up or down, relative this of main frame 20 send at the bottom of the machine of cotton rail 60 openings 23 to be connected with through hole 57 and to establish one and unidirectionally lead mouthfuls 24, make by two groups and inhale the cotton raw material 80 that cotton device 50 sucks, can enter the unidirectional mouth 24 of leading respectively to sending the dispensing of cotton rail 60 both sides, not have the phenomenon of mixing mutually.And relative idle pulley 61 is respectively established at the two ends of sending cotton rail 60 and be motor 62 driving wheel driven 63, two-wheeled 61,63 can supply flexual confining zone 64 windings respectively, this confining zone 64 can cover the opening part that send cotton rail 60, and walk around two-wheeled 61,63 by the below of sending cotton rail 60, its both ends are respectively with the opposed end of bolting in main frame 20 then, and do not block through hole 57.Thereby when motor 62 rotary driving wheels 63, but the pulling of mat confining zone 61 and idle pulley 61, and main frame 20 is moved on guide rail 10, and close the opening part that send cotton rail 60 scope beyond main frame 20 really with this confining zone 61, send cotton conveniently to send cotton rail 60 to form a closed track.
And send cotton rail 60 two ends places to pick out a cotton suction duct 71 that send cotton device 70 in sidewall in addition, and being terminated in addition in the air blast 72 of cotton suction duct 71, air blast 72 is tangentially established cotton-feeding pipe 73.Agitating of mat air blast 72 makes and send the cotton rail 60 inner negative pressure that form, and send cotton rail 60 to be sent by cotton-feeding pipe 73 through cotton suction duct 71, air blast 72 pushing cotton raw material 80 edges of sending in the cotton rail 60 by the cotton device 50 of main frame 20 suctions.
Overall structure is grabbed two groups of lowering or hoisting gears 40 of cotton arm 30 cooperations, the cotton device 50 of suction and is sent two of cotton rail 60 two ends to send cotton device 70 by two, make two grab cotton arm 30 can independently adjust voluntarily the height, and nationality is inhaled cotton device 50, is sent the rotating speed of air blasts 55,72 in the cotton device 70, so that produce different suction, to draw the cotton raw material 80 of different densities or fibre length, but the also suitable state of furnishing is to draw the cotton raw material 80 of same nature.

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1, a kind of automatic both arms type griping cotton machine, it is to grab cotton arm being slidedly arranged on to establish on the main frame of guide rail, it is characterized in that: establish two on the main frame and grab cotton arm, establish two groups of separate lowering or hoisting gears and inhale cotton device and grab cotton arm relatively, the main frame bottom strides across one and send cotton rail, inhale cotton device and is communicated with two respectively, and at the bottom of machine, establish and pick the relative unidirectional mouth of leading of respectively inhaling the cotton raw material that cotton device sends, and sending cotton rail end respectively to establish to carry the relative cotton device that send of respectively inhaling cotton raw material that cotton device sends.
2, automatic both arms type griping cotton machine according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: relative guide sliding part is established in the main frame bottom, the main frame both sides are grabbed the end outside that cotton arm stretches into main frame and are established guide wheel, main frame is established the slide rail of depression for guide wheel rolling place, and described lowering or hoisting gear drives the elevating chain of two groups of vertical lifts through chain and interlock group with motor.
3, automatic both arms type griping cotton machine according to claim 1 is characterized in that: grab cotton arm and establish one group with respect to cotton raw material bottom and grab cotton hired roughneck, grabbing cotton hired roughneck top is the cotton chamber of suction that a side direction is tiltedly stretched, and inhales cotton chamber and stretches to the main frame direction and establish one and go out cotton outlet; Main frame relative two is grabbed the cotton device of suction that two groups of independently workings are respectively established in cotton arm exit, inhale cotton device and be and between two groups of elevating chains, establish upright and to grabbing the cotton road of going into of cotton arm opening, inhale the outlet of cotton chamber and go into the opening in cotton road over against this, belt wheel is respectively established in its top, bottom, for reelability the confining zone winding, confining zone closes the openend into cotton road, and passes for export; Go into cotton road top side and connect to other and establish one and go into cotton pipe, go into termination one air blast in addition of cotton pipe, this air blast tangentially connects establishes a defeated cotton pipe, this defeated cotton pipe and through hole joint that send cotton rail to be communicated with.
4, automatic both arms type griping cotton machine according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: set up two groups of unidirectional mouths of leading separately at the bottom of relative this of main frame send the open-topped machine of cotton rail, export cotton raw material to sending cotton rail two ends, send cotton rail two ends respectively to establish relative idle pulley and for the motor driving wheel driven, two-wheeled can supply a flexual confining zone winding, this confining zone covers the top open part that send cotton rail, and walk around two-wheeled by the below of sending cotton rail, its both ends are respectively with the opposed end of bolting in main frame, and do not block through hole.
5, automatic both arms type griping cotton machine according to claim 1 is characterized in that: send the cotton device that send that cotton rail two ends places sidewall picks out, its cotton suction duct is the termination air blast in addition, and air blast is tangentially established cotton-feeding pipe.
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